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Qing (Manchu) Dynasty 1644 -1910

Qing 1644-1910

Qing Dynasty (1644 -1912)

Ming dynasty fell in 1644 amid peasant uprisings and Manchu invasion

Manchu and Han Chinese

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Politics

Manchus rule - not Han Chinese

strongly resisted by native Han Chinese

2 % of the pop. of China was Manchu

Manchus ruled using Chinese system but Chinese were forbidden to hold high national offices.

Continued Confucian civil service system.

The Neo-Confucian philosophy - obedience of subject to ruler continued

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Manchu Qing expansion

conquered Outer Mongolia and into central Asia, Taiwan and Tibet.

First dynasty to eliminate all danger to China from across its land borders.

Largest land area of any Chinese state

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Economy

Built large public buildings and public irrigation, walls, gates and other infrastructure.

Light taxes to win popularity with people

Commerce and international trade grew enormously especially with Japan and Europe

Exported porcelain, Silk and spices through maritime trade and Silk Road

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Religion

Neo-Confucianism important

Buddhism, Taoism and ancestor worship continue

Christianity grew rapidly until the outlawing of Christianity in the 1830s-40s

Catholic and Protestant missionaries built churches and spread education throughout rural and urban China

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Social Han Chinese discriminated against by Manchu

all Han men to wear their hair braided in the back, which they found humiliating

forbid women to bind their feet but repealed the rule in 1688 since they couldn't enforce it

Manchus were forbidden to engage in trade or manual labor.

Intermarriage between the two groups was forbidden.

system of dual appointments was used--the Chinese appointee was required to do the substantive work and the Manchu to ensure Han

loyalty to Qing rule.

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Intellectual European influences enter Chinese thinking

European liberalism emphasizing individualism, freedom, equality, and economic opportunity contradict Confucian ideals

Communism begins to enter Chinese thinking in late 1800s

Qing China does not modernize – focuses on the greatness of the past “the self strengthening movement”

the Europeans and Japanese gain trading concessions and some territory from China

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Art Qing art is imitative rather

than original since Qing value money and trade more than beauty

Chinese literary and historical preservation projects saving China's ancient literature

Porcelain - new colors: green black yellow, dark blue and brilliant red .

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Peasant anger against Manchu

"Each year they [the Manchus] transform tens of millions of China's gold and silver into opium and extract several millions from the fat and marrow of the Chinese people and turn it into rouge and powder ... How could the rich not become poor? How could the poor abide by the law?”

Michael, Franz. The Taiping Rebellion, page 23.

Internal Rebellions

White Lotus Rebellion – frustrated Buddists attack government because of high taxes 1780s

Taiping Rebellion - 1840s

Chinese “brother of Jesus” recruits one million rebels and nearly takes out government before dying

mixed elements of Christianity and traditional Chinese religion, along with ideas of his own.

He believed in communal property, and the equality of men and women

20-30 million dead

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Qing 1644-1910

Taiping and Communism

Although pre-Communism the Taiping Rebellion foreshadowed it in several ways

Land was evenly distributed.

The “Heavenly Kingdom” Outlawed all of the following:

Slavery, Sale of women, foot-binding, prostitution, arranged marriages and polygamy.

The Taipings were also against use of opium, alcohol, and tobacco.

Over time, Taiping leaders began to violate most of these rules (especially alcohol and women) and their movement began to lose its loyal followers

Qing government with help from western powers ended the Taiping movement to take over China

Europe and Early Qing

Portuguese, Dutch and British all have trading rights but are carefully controlled by Qing

Catholic missionaries build churches and challenge Confucianism

Christianity is banned in 1724

Christians ignore the ban and continue to push into China during Qing

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European Imperialism Great Britain traded silk and tea for opium

from India

devastating since China became addicted to opium (nearly 2 million users by the time of the first opium war)

land that had previously been used for food began to be used to produce opium.

large amount of Chinese silver left the country in payment for the opium.

in 1839 A.D. the opium trade was abolished.

The Opium War: Role Playing

Read the background information for your group, then discuss how to get what your group wants out of the crisis and how you might be able to achieve these goals

Now, as a group respond to the following scenarios

1. The Hong merchants agree to pay $6,000,000 to cover the cost of the opium that was confiscated

2. The Chinese government sends troops to back up its demand and to force the British out of China

3. The British merchants send a representative to London to lobby in Parliament for the use of force

4. The British government sends a group of warships and troops to force the Chinese to capitulate

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Jigsaw

Each group should have one representative from each special interest group

As a group, you will attempt to reach a compromise (treaty) that everyone can live with comfortably

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Opium Wars 1773 Britain brought Indian opium to

China

1838 – Manchu Chinese ban it and seize opium from British

1839-1860 Opium Wars humiliate China

Britain claims Hong Kong

Treaty of Nanjing (1st of unequal treaties)

1844 – Chinese forced to allow Christian missionaries in again

Britain wins HUGE trading rights

The Treaty System

large amount of indemnity

dozens of treaty ports opened to foreign trade gunboats

Missionaries

Warehouses

Foreign influence in port cities

territorial losses

tariffs

is cooll

Qing Decline continues

Opium Wars and civil wars show China is weak

Europe and China both realize the Manchu govt is weak

Everyone attacks

Korea declares independence

France takes Vietnam from China (Sino French War)

Japan takes Taiwan and gets trading rights (Treaty of Shimonoseki)

European Powers like Germany, Russia, Britain and France establish Spheres of influence (areas of military, business, transportation and communication) but still ruled by China

Western invasions (1839-1900)

Opium War (1839 - 1842)

The Second Opium War (1856 - 1860)

Russia’s territorial gains Northeast China (1858 - 1860)

Northwest China (1881 - 1884)

Sino-French War (1883 - 1885)

Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 95)

8-nation forces (1900)

In 1900 – Spheres of Influence

China was controlled by Europeans economically

Lots of trade between Europe and China

Balance of trade favored Europe

China lost silver as they paid out to Europe

Created discord and frustration in Manchu Qing govt

Weakness fully exposed

Sino-Japanese War of 1894 - 1895 Chinese navy destroyed

Taiwan ceded to Japan

large indemnity

most-favored-nation

more treaty ports

Korea

start of Japanese empire

The scramble for concessions

The scramble for answers

radicalization of domestic politics

the “Hundred Days of Reform” in 1898 ambitious reform program

examination system

bureaucracy

modernization

suppressed by conservatives in Qing court

reformist leaders fled to Japan

The Boxer Uprising in 1900 Peasants in cities of Northern China

Name actually translates to “Society of Harmonious Fists”

support from high officials of Qing court

destruction of anything foreign

siege of the foreign quarter in Beijing

8-nation forces invaded Beijing

Harsh settlement

station troops in Beijing

huge payments to

European powers demanded to pay for the European cost of stopping the Boxers

Russian troops in Manchuria until 1905

Imperialism in China

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Fall of the (Qing) Manchu

Western traders influences change China drastically and the govt stuck with tradition rather than westernize

Created confusion, instability and made peasants angry which led to multiple rebellions and bankrupted the government

The empire's inability to control the Europeans resulted in the fall of the Qing and the collapse of the entire Imperial system.

Legacies of Imperial Era

enormous size

ideological and moral commitment

strong personal leadership at the apex

nationwide governing bureaucracies merit-based civil service exam system

combination of executive and judicial power

low status of merchants

culturalism (civilization) v. nationalism